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Home / News / Science News / NASA orbiter fails to locate Vikram Lander, again
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    NASA orbiter fails to locate Vikram Lander, again

    Shubham Sharma
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    Last updated on Oct 23, 2019, 06:10 pm
    NASA orbiter fails to locate Vikram Lander, again
  • NASA's second attempt to locate India's Vikram Lander on the Moon's surface has gone in vain.

    The American space agency had recently conducted a flyby over Vikram's targeted landing site in hopes of photographing it.

    But, much to the disappointment of millions of Indians, the image data couldn't capture any sign of the lost contraption.

    Here's all about it.

  • In this article
    Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter flew over Vikram's landing site It must be hiding behind long shadows This was NASA's second attempt to photograph Vikram Chances of Vikram's survival unlikely
  • Flyby

    Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter flew over Vikram's landing site

  • On October 14, NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter flew over the region where Vikram was supposed to land and took a series of photographs.

    When this data was analyzed, the obiter's camera team couldn't find a single evidence of the Lander.

    They even tried looking for differences by comparing the latest shots with those taken before Vikram's landing, but nothing came up.

  • Reason

    It must be hiding behind long shadows

    It must be hiding behind long shadows
  • Though NASA hasn't shared the photos from the flyby yet, the update, given by LRO Project Scientist Noah Edward Petro seems to indicate that Vikram could be hiding somewhere.

    In a statement to PTI, John Keller, the Deputy Project Scientist for LRO mission, claimed that Vikram could be "located in a shadow or outside of the search area."

  • First attempt

    This was NASA's second attempt to photograph Vikram

  • To recall, this was NASA's second attempt to photograph Vikram's landing site.

    The first flyby took place on September 17 when it was dusk in the region, leading the agency to posit that the Lander may be hiding behind long shadows.

    This time it wasn't dusk, but Keller reasons that "the area is never completely free of shadows."

  • Survival

    Chances of Vikram's survival unlikely

    Chances of Vikram's survival unlikely
  • ISRO wanted to soft-land Vikram on the lunar south pole on September 7, but the descent went off track and the contraption hard-landed at a different location.

    Since then, the agency made numerous attempts to establish contact with the Lander - to no success.

    Now, Vikram is presumed dead as its components were never built to survive extremely cold lunar nights.

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